Berryman, Jerome (1991). Godly Play (Harper Collins).
Berryman's work is a philosophical and methodologically-centered presentation of a model of encouraging children to reflect upon and experience spiritual reality. While at best the "research" reflected in this book can be considered informal in nature, the Godly Play method has been studied more formally by Catherine Stonehouse (see below) and by others. He adapted this approach from the work of Sofia Cavalleti, under whom he studied, and who is also listed below as an informal researcher.
Chapters:
1. Playing and reality
2. An adult at play
3. Children at play
4. The spoken lesson
5. The unspoken lesson
6. The imagination and godly play
7. The theology of childhood

Best, R. (1996). Education, spirituality and the whole child. London: Cassell.

Brown, A., Furlong, J., & National Society for Promoting Religious Education (Great Britain). (1996). Spiritual development in schools : Invisible to the eyes. London: National Society (Church of England) for Promoting Religious Education.

Burns, S., Lamont, G., & Manchester Development Education Project. (1996). Values and visions : A handbook for spiritual development and global awareness. Hodder & Stoughton: London.

Cavalletti, Sofia (1992). The Religious Potential of the Child: Experiencing Scripture and Liturgy with Young Children, 2nd edition (Liturgy Training Publications).
Cavalletti's "research"--reflected in the subtitle phrase "description of an experience"--is informal in nature, yet it has impacted later more formal research, as well as a variety of approaches to religious education. These include Jerome Berryman's "Godly Play," Gerard Pottebaum's "The Liturgy of the Word," and the curriculum most directly identified with Cavalletti, "Catechesis of the Good Shepherd." Cavalleti's approach is compared with more traditional approaches to the religious education of children in Tim Gibson's study, "Implications of two approaches to childhood education in the church" in the Christian Education Journal, Volume 5NS, No. 2, Fall, 2001. This ground-breaking book is a slightly revised version of the original The Religious Potential of the Child Published by Paulist Press in 1979/1982.
Chapters
1. God and the child
2. The child and the adult
3. Christ the Good Shepherd
4. Christ the Good Shepherd and the eucharist
5. Christ the light and baptism
6. The historical events in the life of Jesus Christ
7. Prayer
8. Education to wonder and the Kingdom of God
9. Moral formation
10. The method of signs
11. Anthropological catechesis

Ciriello, M. J., United States Catholic Conference, & Dept. of Education. (1996-1998). Formation and development for catholic school leaders (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C: United States Catholic Conference, Dept. of Education.

Coles, Robert (1990). The Spiritual Life of Children (Houghton Mifflin).
Robert Coles is famous for his excellent work with children, and is perhaps the best-known current American researcher in the area of children's moral development. In his prior research he noticed that children had significant and deep religious experiences and views, and thus he eventually initiated his own research that included children from a number of countries and several religions, including youngsters who had no religious faith. Across nationalities and ethnic groups, as well as across children of various religious faiths--or no faith at all--he found a common spiritual nature that he describes in detail.
Chapters
1. Psychoanalysis and religion
2. Method
3. The face of God
4. The voice of God
5. Young spirituality: Psychological themes
6. Young spirituality: Philosophical themes
7. Young spirituality: Visionary moments
8. Representations
9. Christian salvation
10. Islamic surrender
11. Jewish righteousness
12. Secular soul-searching
13. The child as pilgrim

The Consultative Group on Ministry among Children. (1991). Unfinished Business: Children and the Churches (CCBI Publications). (CCBI Publications).
This concise and insightful little book follows up the Consultative Group on Ministry among Children’s 1976 report, The Child in the Church. Unfinished Business presents the Church of England’s perspectives on the socialization, education, spiritual development, and participation of children in relation to their parents, communities, and local churches. It describes the biblical metaphors through which we can view children and churches, and then concludes with a helpful list of good practices, recommendations, and books for further study.
Chapters
1) Influences on Children Today
2) Challenges to the Church
3) Children, Education and Schools
4) The Child and the Community of Faith
5) Ways of Looking at the Church
6) Good Practice

De Souza, M., Australian Catholic University, Mercy Campus, & Department of Religious Education, Faculty of Education. (1999). Students' and teachers' perceptions of year 12 religious education programs in catholic schools in victoria : Implications for curriculum. Ascot Vale, (Vic.): Australian Catholic University, Office of Research.

Erricker, C. (1997). The education of the whole child. London ; Herdon, VA: Cassell.

Fowler, James; Karl Nipkow; Friedrich Schweitzer (Eds.)(1991). Stages of Faith and Religious Development: Implications for Church, Education, and Society (Crossroad).
This valuable resource was originally written in German and published in 1988, then later translated into English with the help of several of the authors and students at Emory University. It includes a cross-section of international authors, yet is not as tied to the broad spectrum of religious development research as some other books listed here. Instead, the focus is on several major theories, critiques of those theories, alternatives to those theories, and applications of theories.
Chapters
1. The vocation of faith development theory--James Fowler
2. Toward a logic of religious development--Fritz Oser
3. Developmental views of the religion of the child: Historical antecedents--Friedrich Schweitzer
4. Stage theories of faith development as a challenge to religious education and practical theology--Karl Nipkow
5. The North American critique of James Fowler's theory of faith development--Sharon Parks
6. Hard versus soft stages of faith and religious development: A Piagetian critique--F. Clark Power
7. Cognitive developmental studies of religious thinking--Nicola Slee
8. Alternative developmental images--Gabriel Moran
9. Oser and Gmunder's stage 3 of religoius development and its social context: A vicious circle--Reiner Dobert
10. Against religious headbirths: A psychoanalytic critique--Gunther Bittner
11. Religious development and the ritual dimension--Hans-Gunther Heimbrock
12. Human development and capitalist society--John Hull
13. The influence of societal and political factors on religious development and education in the United States--Gloria Durka


Francis, Leslie; William Kay; William Campbell (Eds.)(1996). Research in Religious Education (Smyth & Helwys).
This is an impressive survey of topics related to the religious education of children and teenagers. Some of the finest researchers available wrote these chapters, which include surveys of the literature as well as summaries of their own work. The large majority of writers are British (22), five are from Europe, and the others are from Israel, Finland, and Ireland. Several chapters consider methodological issues.
Chapters
1. John E. Greer: Research pioneer in religious education--Leslie Francis
2. Historical context: Loukes, Goldman, Hyde, Cox and Alves--William Kay
3. Thinking about childhood spirituality: Review of research and current directions--David Hay, Rebecca Nye, and Roger Murphy
4. Further on from Fowler: Post-Fowler faith development research--Nicola Slee
5. Measuring religious thinking using Piagetian operational paradigms--Andrew McGrady
6. Developmental research in the classroom: An empirical study of teaching-learning processes--Karl Nipkos, and Friedrich Schweiter
7. Relational and contextual reasoning in religious education: A theory-based empirical study--K. Helmut Reich
8. Ethnographic research and curriculum development--Robert Jackson
9. Gender differences in religiosity in children and adolescents--Kalevi Tamminen
10. Religiosity and self-esteem during childhood and adolescence--Susan Jones and Leslie Francis
11. Are religious people happier? A study among undergraduates--Mandy Robbins and Leslie Francis
12. Religiosity and obsessionality--Christopher Lewis
13. Personality and attitude toward religious education among adolescents--John Lewis and Leslie Francis
14. A level gospel study and adolescents' images of Jesus--Jeff Astley and Leslie Francis
15. Measuring Christian fundamentalist belief among adolescents in Scotland--Harry Gibson and Leslie Francis
16. Science, creation and Christianity: A further look--Peter Fulljames
17. Religious education and assemblies: Pupils' changing views--William Kay
18. Measuring attitude toward Christianity through the medium of Welsh--Thomas Evans and Leslie Francis
19. Christian children at school: Their religious beliefs and practices--Bernadette O'Keeffe
20. Church of England schools and teacher attitudes: Personal commitment or professional judgement?--Carolyn Wilcox and Leslie Francis
21. 'Catechesis' and 'religious education' in Catholic theory and practice--James Arthur and Simon Gaine
22. Growing up Catholic today: The teenage experience--Linda Burton and Leslie Francis
23. Measuring 'Catholic identity' among pupils in Catholic secondary schools--Michael Curran and Leslie Francis
24. Attitudes toward assembly and religious education among Roman Catholic girls--Alice Montgomery and William Kay
25. Religiosity, personality and tertiary educational choice--Yaacov Katz
26. Religious schooling and secularisation in Israel--Mordechai Bar-Lev and Avraham Leslau

Fuller, J., & McIntosh, L. (1996). Gazing in wonder : Developing spirituality with young children. Buxhall, Stowmarket, Suffolk: Kevin Mayhew Ltd.

Great Britain. Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. (1997). The promotion of pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development (Draft guidance for pilot work ed.). London: QCA.

Great Britain, & Office for Standards in Education. (1994). Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development : An OFSTED discussion paper. London: OFSTED.

Groome, T. H. (1998). Educating for life : A spiritual vision for every teacher and parent. Allen, TX: T. More.

Harris, M., & Moran, G. (1998). Reshaping religious education : Conversations on contemporary practice (1st ed.). Louisville, Ky: Westminster John Knox Press.

Hay, David; with Rebecca Nye (1998/2006). The Spirit of the Child, revised edition (Jessica Kingsley Publisher).
For many people, this was a ground-breaking research study, conducted by Rebecca Nye as part of her doctoral study, and given a theoretical and philosophical context by David Hay. Rebecca Nye now heads a research program in children's spirituality at Cambridge University, and at the time of the writing David Hay chaired a research group at Oxford University. Many, perhaps most, subsequent research studies made use of their definitions of "spirituality" and the broad perspective of spirituality that encompasses all children everywhere. The revised edition has an added chapter. [Also see Rebecca Nye's dissertation]
Chapters
1. What is spirituality and why is it important
2. The social destruction of spirituality
3. Children's spirituality--What we know already
4. A geography of the spirit
5. How do you talk with children about spirituality?
6. Listening to children talking
7. Identifying the core of children's spirituality
8. The naturalness of relational consciousness
9. Nurturing the spirit of the child
10. Developments since 1998

Hay, D. (1999). Listening for the spirit of the child. Oxford: Farmington Institute for Christian Studies.
Hoffman, E. (1992). Visions of innocence : Spiritual and inspirational experiences of childhood (1st ed.). Boston; New York: Shambhala; Distributed in the U.S. by Random House.

Hopkin, N. R. (1999). Philosophical investigations into young children's spirituality. King's College, School of Education).

Hull, J. M. (1998). Utopian whispers : Moral, religious and spiritual values in schools. Norwich: Religious and Moral Education Press.

Hyde, Kenneth (1990). Religion in Childhood and Adolescence (Religious Education Press).
This resource includes more than 500 pages succinctly summarizing approximately 1800 research studies related to children's and adolescents' religious thinking and behavior. Sixty pages of appendices provide extensive detail on methodological and conceptual aspects of the research: "The definition of religion in psychology," "Problems in the measurement of religion," "Dimensions of religion," "Religious orientations," "Religious knowledge and religious understanding," "A new analysis of Goldman's findings," "The cognitive basis of religion," "Metaphor comprehension in childhood," and "Attitude to religion--theoretical considerations."
Chapters
1. Religious thinking--before and after Goldman
2. Religious thinking--criticisms and new approaches
3. Children's ideas of God
4. Parental images and the idea of God
5. Religious beliefs and their development
6. Understanding parables, allegories, and myths
7. Related studies and teaching styles
8. Studies of religious attitudes
9. Religious experience
10. Personality and religion
11. The development of religiousness
12. Surveys of religious beliefs and practices
13. Religion and morality in adolescence
14. The religious influence of schools

Johnson, A. (1999). Teaching as sacrament. In J. L. Kincheloe (Ed.), Democratizing intelligence: Confronting psychological assumptions about teaching and learning. New York: Routledge.

Kay, W. K., & Francis, L. J. (1997). Religion in education. Leominster: Gracewing.

Lawson, J. A. E. (1997). An exploration of the relationship between children's spirituality and the curriculum. Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada.

Morgenthaler, Shirley (Ed.) (1999). Exploring Children's Spiritual Formation (Pillars Press).
This volume edited by Morgenthaler is marked by clarity and precision. Strongly Lutheran in its perspective, most of the conceptual and methodological issues raised are important regardless of denomination or religious orientation of children. Specialists from a wide variety of disciplines participated in two conferences, which produced this book of readings, as well as commentary following each major section provided by Morgenthaler. Available from Concordia University Bookstore, River Forest, IL.
Chapters
1. Examining paradigms: A review of the literature--Shirley Morgenthaler
2. Right relationships research: A review of the literature--Gertrude Gobbel
3. Discussion--Shirley Morgenthaler
4. Things that matter in the lives of children: Looking at children's spiritual development from a developmentalist perspective--Stanley Graven
5. Discussion--Shirley Morgenthaler
6. The philosophic roots of research into children's spirituality--William Lehmann
7. Christians make better researchers--John Isch
8. Discussion--Shirley Morgenthaler
9. Lutheran perspectives on research in children's spirituality--Gary Bertels
10. Communicating about faith: A response--Paul Andrews
11. Discussion--Shirley Morgenthaler
12. Sociological perspectives on children's ethical development--Peter Becker
13. Discussion--Shirley Morgenthaler
14. Cultural dynamics in perspective--Dwayne Mau
15. The perpetual pursuit of the impossible--Emily Moore
16. Discussion--Shirley Morgenthaler
17. Discovering congregational culture--James Wind
18. Clarifying congregational culture--Kenneth Heintz
19. Discussion--Shirley Morgenthaler
20. Children's spirituality and family relationships--David Anderson
21. Issues for families and spirituality--Bonnie Bondavalli
22. Discussion--Shirley Morgenthaler
23. Research possibilities and interests--Shirley Morgenthaler, Peter Becker, and Constance Seraphine
24. Conceptual and methodological issues in research on children's spiritual development--John O'Hara and Kenneth Inskeep
25. Refining perspectives--Shirley Morgenthaler


Morgenthaler, Shirley; Peter Becker; Gary Bertels (1999). Children in Worship: Lessons from Research (Pillars Press).
The Center for the Study of Children's Ethical Development at Concordia University (River Forest, Illinois) initiated a multi-phase study of children's spiritual formation and congregational life in the three largest Lutheran denominations in the United States. Phase one of this research study is represented in the present volume in which one hundred local congregations were studied by a team of researchers. The chapters by Peter Becker were some of his last writings before his untimely death.
Chapters
1. Studying children in worship--Peter Becker
2. Analyzing the environment--Shirley Morgenthaler
3. Analyzing the communal rites--Gary Bertels
4. Planning from a child's perspective--Peter Becker
5. Lessons from research--Shirley Morgenthaler

Myers, B. K. (1997). Young children and spirituality. New York: Routledge.

National Curriculum Council (NCC). (1993). Spiritual and moral development - A discussion paper. York: National Curriculum Council.

Oser, Fritz; Paul Gmunder (1991). Religious Judgement: A Developmental Approach (Religious Education Press).
Fritz Oser is at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, and is well-known for his theory of religious judgement [the British spelling is used]. One of the most distinctive aspects of Oser's theory is that it suggests that religious development, and thus children's spirituality, is different from other areas of development in that there is a distinctive mental structure that accounts for spiritual experience. Many prior researchers assumed--explicitly or implicitly--that religious thinking and experience is exactly like all other thought and experience. Note that the British spelling of judgment is used in the title and chapters.
Chapters
1. On the development of the religious personality
2. The structure of religious reasoning as mother-structure
3. Stages of religious judgement
4. Measuring religious judgement
5. On the range of structures of religious cognition
6. Educational implications and applications of the theory of religious judgement (with Anton Bucher)
7. Validation of the stage-concept of religious judgement


Oser, Fritz; George Scarlett (Eds.)(1991). Religious Development in Childhood and Adolescence (Jossey-Bass).
This volume is part of the Jossey-Bass Education Series titled "New Directions for Child Development," which involves quarterly publication of a book on selected topics (this is the Summer, 1991 issue, number 52 in the series). Several major researchers contributed to this volume, coedited by W. George Scarlett who teaches child study at Tufts University in Massachusettes.
Chapters
1. The development of religious judgment--Fritz Oser
2. Stages in faith consciousness--James Fowler
3. Religious development: A psychoanalytic point of view--Ana-Maria Rizzuto
4. The development of prayer in adolescence--W. George Scarlett, Lucy Perriello
5. The role of complementarity reasoning in religious development--K. Helmut Reich
6. Adolescents' justifications for faith or doubt in God: A study of fulfilled and unfulfilled expectations--Karl Nipkow, Friedrich Schweitzer
7. Understanding parables: A developmental analysis--Anton Bucher
8. Annotated bibliography on religious development--Anton Bucher, K. Helmut Reich


Pottebaum, Gerard (Ed.)(1998). Exploring the Spirituality of Childhood (The Spiritual Life of Children Institute).
The First National Conference on the Spiritual Life of Children was a conference sponsored by the Human Foundations Institute. This collection of papers from the conference includes several notable scholars in education and religion, as well as discussions that took place during the conference. 
Chapters
1. When I was a child: Exploring our childhood experiences--Interfaith Dialogue Focus Group and Gerard Pottebaum
2. Our search for spirituality: What is your experience of God?--Clark Roof Wade
3. Changing family systems: The roots of spirituality--Jane P. Ward
4. Myth and ritual: The language of spirituality--Vivian G. Paley
5. Who do you say I am?--Interfaith Dialogue Focus Group and Gerard Pottebaum

Priestley, J. G., & Hockerill Educational Foundation. (1996). Spirituality in the curriculum : Hockerill lecture, 1996. Frinton-on-Sea, England: Hockerill Educational Foundation.

Ratcliff, Donald (Ed.)(1992). Handbook of Children's Religious Education (Religious Education Press).
[From the back cover] Handbook of Children's Religious Education is a thorough and comprehensive treatment of the religious education of children ages six to twelve.
Chapters
1. Characteristics of School-Aged Children--Cary A. Buzzelli
2. Faith Development and the Language of Faith--Jerome W. Berryman
3. The Religious Concepts of Children--Renzo Vianello, Kalevi Tamminen, and Donald Ratcliff
4. Moral and Affective Dimensions of Childhood--Jerry Aldridge and Jean Box
5. Lifestyle Content and the Family--Blake J. Neff and Judith W. Seaver
6. Social Contexts of Children's Ministry--Donald Ratcliff
7. Discipline, Development, and Spiritual Growth--Cary A. Buzzelli and Kevin Walsh
8. General Procedures of Teaching Religion--James Michael Lee
9. Specific Procedures of Teaching Religion--Jolene Pearl
10. Assessment, Placement, and Evaluation--Kalevi Tamminen and Donald Ratcliff

Reich, K. Helmut; Fritz Oser; W. George Scarlett (Eds.) (1999). Psychological Studies on Spiritual and Religious Development: Being Human, the Case of Religion, Volume 2 (Pabst).
This book is one of a series published by Pabst Science Publishers in Lengerich, Germany, and is published in English but rather difficult to locate, even though a Scottsdale, Arizona outlet is mentioned (the company web page is located at http://www.pabst-publishers.de). Particularly noteworthy are contributions by Scarlett, Nye, Smoliak, and Oser's recent work on wisdom.
Chapters
1. Spiritual and religious development: Transcendence and transformations of the self--K. Helmut Reich, Fritz Oser, and W. George Scarlett
2. Spiritual development: Lessons from Lincoln--W. George Scarlett
3. The existential human situation: Spirituality as the way of coping--Pawel Socha
4. Relational consciousness and the spiritual lives of children: Convergence with children's theory of mind?--Rebecca Nye
5. What children's narratives tell us about their developing thoughts of God--Wendy Smoliak
6. Meaning-making and miracles: The creative inconsistency--Ingrid Josephs and Jaan Valsiner
7. Religious emotions and religious development--Hartmut Beile
8. Post-modern religiousness: A prerogative of the "New Religions?"--Brigitta Rollett and Anita Kager
9. Wisdom: An action-oriented approach--Fritz Oser, Dominik Schenker, and Maria Spychiger

Richardson, P. T. (1996). Four spiritualities : Expressions of self, expressions of spirit : A psychology of contemporary spiritual choice. Palo Alto, Calif: Davies-Black Pub.

Roehlkepartain, Eugene (1993). The Teaching Church (Abingdon).
While this fine book relates to church-based Christian education in general, many sections summarize research conducted by the Search Institute on children's ministry and church ministry that significantly influences children's lives. During the summer of 2003 the Search Institute received a major research grant to conduct additional research of the spiritual lives of children, a long-term project to be coordinated by Eugene Roehlkepartain.
Chapters
1. Moving Christian education to center stage
2. In search of faith maturity
3. Nurturing congregational and denominational loyalty
4. Promoting faith through congregational life
5. How churches shape their educational ministries
6. Managing an effective Christian education program
7. Leaders who make a difference
8. What should we study?
9. How do we study?
10. Faith in action: Educating for service and justice
11. Nurturing faith in families
12. Where have all the people gone?


Sisemore, Timothy (1998). A Theology of Children (unpublished).
Dr. Sisemore's manuscript constitutes a conservative Reformed theology of children. Sisemore concludes that children have both positive qualities reflecting the image of God as well as a bent towards misbehavior and breaking rules. Some of Sisemore's theology is included in his book Of Such is the Kingdom (2000, Christian Focus Publishers), although simplified and shortened for lay readers. The latter was republished in 2008 as Our Covenant with Kids: Biblical Nurture in Home and Church.
Chapters (from Of Such is the Kingdom)
1. Christian parenting in a hostile world
2. Blessings, not burdens
3. Innocents or devils?
4. How and when can children be saved?
5. Cultivating godly children: What's a parent to do?
6. The school of life: Parents are teachers
7. Disciplining disciples
8. Teaching children to honour their parents
9. Where do children fit in the church?
10. Children and the sacraments
11. From the mouths of babes
12. The spiritual nurture of children in the church
13. Practical steps towards change

Smith, D. (1999). Making sense of spiritual development. Nottingham: Stapleford Centre.

Smith, R., & Standish, P. (1997). Teaching right and wrong : Moral education in the balance. Staffordshire, England: Trentham Books.

Stone, M. K. (1995). Don't just do something, sit there : Developing children's spiritual awareness. Norwich: Religious and Moral Education Press.

Stonehouse, Catherine (1998). Joining Children on the Spiritual Journey (Baker).
Catherine Stonehouse has summarized many different areas of research related to children's spirituality. She includes an introduction to Jerome Berryman's Godly Play approach, on which she has conducted research for several years with both rural Kentucky and urban Toronto children--see her "Knowing God in Childhood" in the Christian Education Journal, Vol. 5NS, No. 2, Fall, 2001.
Chapters
1. Preparing for the journey
2. Children in the Bible
3. Foundations for faith
4. Young learners in action
5. The child's view on right and wrong
6. Knowing God in childhood
7. Growing in faith
8. Setting the stage for knowing God
9. Pilgrims together on the journey

Tamminen, Kalevi (1991). Religious Development in Childhood and Youth: An Empirical Study (Finnish Academy of Science).
Kalevi Tamminen has spent much of his professional life studying the religious experiences, beliefs, concepts, and activities of Finnish children. Now in retirement, he preserved his legacy in one of the few English translations of his work. Published by the Finnish Academy of Science, this is a volume that includes Tamminen's methodological insights as well as what he discovered about children's religious development and spirituality. This book is not distributed through normal outlets, but can be obtained from the distributor (email address: tiedustelut@akateeminen.com) or from the publisher (web page: http://www.akateeminen.com).
Chapters
1. The starting points of the study
2. Religious experiences
3. Religious beliefs
4. Religious thinking
5. How does the concept of the Bible change?
6. The concept of God
7. The concept of Jesus' person and mission
8. The concept of prayer
9. The concept of death and life after death
10. The "effects" of religion: Religiousness and the day-to-day life of children and young people
11. The main results of the study

Thatcher, A. (1999). Spirituality and the curriculum. London: Cassell.

Trengove, A., Draper, D., Surrey (England), County Council, & Curriculum Management Consultancy. (1999). Spiritual moral social and cultural development : Reflections and strategies for key stages 1-4. Kingston upon Thames: Surrey County Council.

Trengove, A., Surrey, County Council, & Curriculum & Management Consultancy. (1997). Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Surrey: County Council.

Treston, K. (1991). Paths and stories : Spirituality for teachers and catechists. Dublin: Veritas.

Wolf, A. D. (1996). Nurturing the spirit in non-sectarian classrooms. Hollidaysburg, PA: Parent Child Press.

Wright, A. (1998). Spiritual pedagogy: A survey, critique and reconstruction of contemporary spiritual education in england and wales. Abingdon: Culham College Institute.

Wright, A. (1999). Discerning the spirit: Teaching spirituality in the religious education classroom. Abingdon: Culham College Institute.

Wuthnow, Robert (1999). Growing Up Religious (Beacon).
A significant retrospective study of American Christians and Jews, documenting important memories and experiences during childhood that continue to shape adults in their daily lives. The emphasis is upon family life and significant relationships during childhood and their influence on faith and understandings of God.
Chapters
1. Family rituals
2. Home for the holidays
3. Generations in the Spirit
4. Houses of worship
5. The ties that bind
6. Learning to be a leader
7. Points of departure
8. Remembering the past
9. The move to spiritual practice
10. Bridging diversity
11. Seeing with four eyes

Zuck, Roy (1996). Precious in His Sight: Childhood and Children in the Bible (Baker).
Roy Zuck, Senior Professor Emeritus of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary, provides a fine summary of biblical content related to children. Virtually every verse in scripture that mentions or alludes to children is included in this volume. While Bible scholars and theologians have been criticized for ignoring children in their work, Zuck corrects this oversight with detailed consideration of what the Bible says about youngsters.
Chapters
1. "Let the Children Come to Me": The Challenge of Children
2. "Children Doomed to Misfortune": Children Are in Trouble!
3. "To Whom Should We Go?": Is There No Answer?
4. "The Children the Lord Has Given Me": Childbirth in Bible Times
5. "You Shall Not Murder": America's National Crime Against the Unborn
6. "A Full Quiver": Size and Membership of Bible Families
7. "Bringing Up Children": Parental Responsibilities in Bible Families
8. "In the Way He Should Go": Educating Children in Bible Times
9. "And the Child Grew": Growth Stages of Children in the Bible
10. "Honor Your Father and Your Mother": The Role of Children in Bible Families
11. "Unto Us a Child is Born": Jesus' Birth and Boyhood
12. "He Took the Children in His Arms": Jesus and Children
13. "Of Such Is the Kingdom of God": Children, Baptism, and Salvation

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